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get to - grow to

You use get to or grow to in front of another verb to say that someone gradually starts to have a particular attitude or feeling. Grow to is more formal than get to.

I got to like the idea after a while.

I grew to dislike working for him.

You also use get to to say that someone gradually starts to know or realize something.

I got to understand it more as I grew older.

You'll enjoy college when you get to know a few people.

If you get to do something, you have the opportunity to do it.

They get to stay in nice hotels.

We don't get to see each other very often.

'get to' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

day - get - grow - have - instead - know - likely - morning - on - over - sleep - transport - when

Forum discussions with the word(s) "get to" in the title:

,with no way of knowing what to base one <on> till you get there. - English Only forum
... it is easy to get the ---- that the birds, - English Only forum
... to get in line for production slots... - English Only forum
..., then Leonard gots to get paid. - English Only forum
"...and had not yet had returned to him." I don't get this sentence... - English Only forum
...fog is the closest we can get to living in a cloud. - English Only forum
...it is no laughing matter to get free of it. - English Only forum
...London line was to get snowed up.... - English Only forum
...the early morning kind, <where> they wake up and cannot get back to sleep - English Only forum
...which (it) is hardest to get rid of - English Only forum
…will get to a point where no one will/is... - English Only forum
''how you get to know...'' - English Only forum
''Sure to get'' vs "sure to have got" - English Only forum
'Now did you get to know me?' - English Only forum
'That little factory of yours, Charlie, is as close as any of us is ever going to get.' - English Only forum
'to be rid of something' vs 'to get rid of something' - English Only forum
'to get to do something' in the present perfect - English Only forum
“What good can you get out of it?””what good can it do to you?” - English Only forum
(and) not to get too idealistic - English Only forum
(Get to the) Verb - English Only forum
[translation]lick the necessary wingtips to get tenure. - English Only forum
[With] the final exams approaching, I was starting to get - English Only forum
40 minutes to get to the train station from the bus stop by bus - English Only forum
a brighter promise for the hopeful traveler who has sworn to get away from it all - English Only forum
a cleanser which contains bleach to get out the stains - English Only forum
a date by which life might <start><have started> to get back to normal - English Only forum
a defining battle to get rid of poverty - English Only forum
A devil to get hold of - English Only forum
a foreskin just wants to get in - English Only forum
a gambit to get me to pick up the dinner check - English Only forum
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